MediaSmith - Street Photography - Phoenix, AZ

Have you heard of the Aloha Festival located in Tempe? How about the Matsuri Festival located in the heart of Phoenix? MediaSmith’s team hones their photography skills by taking photographs at festivals such as the ones listed above.

Street Photography at the Matsuri Festival 2018

My friend + model Megan doing her best tourist pose. We're working on it :-). Photographed at the Matsuri Festival located in Phoenix, AZ.

Street Photography at the Matsuri Festival 2018

Photographs of cosplayers and my friends! Still a candid moment. Photographed at the Matsuri Festival located in Phoenix, AZ.

Street Photography at the Matsuri Festival 2018

Trying to do our best getting model poses. Photographed at the Matsuri Festival located in Phoenix, AZ.

Street Photography at Arizona Asian Festiva 2016

Candid picture of a girl in traditional Japanese Asian clothing photographed at the Arizona Asian Festival located in Scottsdale, AZ

Woman wearing traditional Filipina clothing during a performance photographed at the Arizona Asian Festival located in Scottsdale, AZ

Street Photography at the Matsuri Festival 2017

Traditional Japanese performer photographed at the Matsuri Festival located in Phoenix, AZ

Street Photography at the Matsuri Festival 2017

Taiko drummer photographed at the Matsuri Festival located in Phoenix, AZ

Street Photography at the Matsuri Festival 2017

Selective saturation. Woman in traditional Japanese clothing during a performance. Photographed at the Matsuri Festival located in Phoenix, AZ.

Street Photography at the Aloha Festival 2016

Performer screaming his lungs out. Photographed at the Aloha Festival in Tempe, AZ.

Street Photography at the Aloha Festival 2016

Two couples enjoying a moment. That 70-200mm working wonders to capture this candid moment. Photographed at the Aloha Festival located in Tempe, AZ.

Street Photography at the Aloha Festival 2016

Children getting ready to perform on stage. Photographed at the Aloha Festival in Tempe, AZ.

what events does MediaSmith cover?

MediaSmith tries to cover the same events every year. The main photographer, Joshua Smith, tries to add new festivals to his calendar whenever he is available. Since he does go out and shoot these events for free, he always encourages people to contact him about going out to their event.

Having high quality and professional work for your event is incredibly important for two reasons:

1) It increases brand presence.

2) People are much more likely to look at a picture that's interesting.

And the folks here at MediaSmith are always great at getting interesting pictures!

what is the benefit of doing these events for free?

MediaSmith's owner, Joshua smith, doesn't believe everything needs to have a dollar amount tacked onto it for him to go out and cover an event.

In this case, he believes there is a lot of value in him and his team going out and honing their skills out at events and festivals.

If this is a question you thought of when you saw this page, we highly encourage you to scroll to the top of this page and check out our blog. Joshua has a series of blog posts where he talks about each festival he goes to and the importance of it on his photography skills.

Or if scrolling up isn't your thing, then click this big red button with the white text that says "BLOG".